Bookish accessories for the bibliophile who has everything

A book-less gift guide for the book lover on your list.

By Kassy Lee | Dec 9 07:32 pm ET

Alum novelist navigates two cultural realms with writing

The essential inquiry of Columbia College alum Marie Mocket's short stories, poetry, and nonfiction has sprouted from her mixed American-Japanese heritage, which she discussed at the Brooklyn Book Festival.

By Kassy Lee | Sep 13 09:26 pm ET

Mark your calendar for Brooklyn’s annual writing celebration

While the Brooklyn Ferry has now been replaced by the Brooklyn Bridge, the curious brain may still find reason to throb at the Brooklyn Book Festival this Sunday.

By Kassy Lee | Sep 10 08:18 pm ET

PEN Voices are out of this world

Spring is the season for festivals. People emerge from their winter hibernation to rejoice in film, song, dance, and—thanks to the PEN World Voices Festival—literature.

By Kassy Lee | Apr 30 11:24 pm ET

Students find their voice through Creative Writing major

Those looking to fill that empty gap in next semester’s schedule may want to look for a new challenge for their imagination: the creative writing department.

By Kassy Lee | Apr 29 10:40 pm ET

Tent brings poetic circus to Book Culture

Columbia Ph. D student Lytton Smith explores the complexity and contradiction of language in his new collection of poems, The All-Purpose Magical Tent.

By Kassy Lee and Erica Weaver | Mar 31 09:10 pm ET

Biographers Investigate Life of Mysterious Southern Author

To both Sylvia Nasar and Brad Gooch, there is something inherently seductive about biography.

By Kassy Lee | Mar 8 10:22 pm ET

Joyce Carol Oates on the Process of Revision

If you want to get some perspective on the number of papers you have to write this semester, look no further than Philosophy Hall. Monday night, Joyce Carol Oates, one of the most prolific writers working today, will be the featured speaker at the School of the Arts’ Creative Writing Lecture Series.

By Kassy Lee | Feb 22 10:33 pm ET

A&E's Guide to Valentine's Day: Love Is Like a Box of Chocolates

Play Your Cards Right

With flowers, chocolates, and diamonds, paper greeting cards have become obsolete as Valentine’s Day gifts. Personally, I’d prefer a beautifully designed greeting card over gourmet chocolates and the like any day. For unique (and expensive) cards, Kate’s Paperie is where you’ll need to start. Intricate and hand-made, the children’s cards use princesses, pirates, and colorful animals as the main subject matter. Kate’s also sells all the materials needed to create your very own Valentine. If the trek is too far, Card-o-Mat’s wide selection of reasonably-priced and cleverly designed cards are bound to suffice, even if they’re not hand-made. But if you’re feeling a bit nostalgic, the scratch-n-sniff Winnie-the-Pooh Valentines, which can be found at about any drug store in Manhattan, are my personal favorites.

By Storm Garner, Hannah Yudkin, Rachel Allen, Kassy Lee, Rebecca Pattiz, and Ruthie Fierberg | Feb 13 04:33 am ET

Baklava and Books: The Writers of Hungarian Pastry Shop

You may not realize it, but Morningside Heights has more ghosts than other neighborhoods.

By Kassy Lee | Feb 2 11:41 pm ET